Go back over a hundred years in time and take a new look at a period in Pittsburgh’s history often characterized by the extremes of late 19th Century America: fabulous wealth and grinding poverty. Between the millionaires of industry and the great masses of often impoverished immigrants existed a middle class that is easily overshadowed, yet whose story has great relevance to 21st Century America. The Kerr Memorial Museum brings this story to life.

Experience the warmth and charm of life as it was lived by a small-town doctor, his wife and daughter in their gracious home in Oakmont, a quaint town outside of Pittsburgh that provided an escape from the often harsh conditions of life in the city.

The Kerr House, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior, was commissioned by Dr. Thomas R. Kerr in 1897. It stands as a fine example of a late 19th Century Queen Anne style home and functioned not only as the residence of Thomas and Jessie Kerr and their only child Virginia, but also as the location of Dr. Kerr’s medical office.